It's always hard to accept that treating an advanced cancer is difficult and unfavorable.
Your father has stage 4 of pancreatic cancer that has spread to distant organ, liver.
Pancreatic cancer can be controlled only if it is found before it has spread, when it can be removed by surgery. If the cancer has spread, palliative treatment can improve the patient's quality of life by controlling the symptoms and complications of this disease.

Treatment of stage IV pancreatic cancer may include chemotherapy, palliative treatments for pain, palliative surgery or stent placement to bypass blocked areas in ducts or the small intestine and biologic therapy, using the patient’s immune system to fight cancer.
You can, also, get informations about some treatment clinical trial.

I think you'll find this link helpful:
http://www.healthyfoundations.com/pancreat ic/

Well wishes to you and your family!
Marija

You might look up Essiac Tea. I've seen it help lots of people. I've heard it raises the t-cell count. Possible alternative,I heard sugar feeds cancers. look Up super antioxidants.Noni Goji Mangoteen.

Also stay away from sugar, The research I've read siad, sugar feeds cancers. Eat as raw and juice as much as you can. Limit red meats espeacially.

My dad passed away on september 14, 2008 from pancreatic cancer. His symptoms started early April when he started getting diarrea 4 to 5 times a day. After several tests: endoscopy, colonscopy, ultrasound, mri and pet scan, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. His cancer spread within months to the liver, duodenum and lungs. In early september he was admitted to hospital for a stent change, from a plastic stent to a metal one that took away the jaundice. After one week in hospital he was able to go home for the weekend and return on the Monday. The very next day my dad was rushed to the hospital because he had suffered a stroke. He was readmitted into the hospital nad things just go worse. He refused to eat or accept any medication orally. His pain was so strong that he received a morphine patch to ease the pain (37.50 mg). Afew days later the morphine patch was increased to 50 mg. On the morning of September 14, 2008 he was in no pain due to the medication and at approximately 9:10 am he took off his oxygen mask gave my mom a I a stare and he left us.
It is a month now that my dad is gone and I miss him terribly. My advise to anyone with a sick parent where you know there is no hope, make sure to tell that person how much you love them and stay close. As hard as it was for me I will cherish forever the moment when my dad left, my mom and I were holding his hand!!!!

I hope the best for people with a love one that is very sick. Tell them and show them your love and always have faith in God.

Vince

My mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I am so angry. She had a CA 19-9 blood test run late last year. Normal range for this test is below 100. Her first test was 2546. Five doctors said "nothing to worry about. We took out your gallbladder, you probably just have pancreatic cancer". WRONG. I went to the website of the company that makes this test. The chances of a benign result with those number is less than .1%. I found this out with 20 minutes of research on the internet in December. It took 2 MRI's, 2 CT scans, 2 EUS's, 1 more CA 19-9 test, a biopsy and 2 more months for a doctor to figure out that she had cancer. This test CAN give a false negative. But if the numbers are high, a false positive isn't likely. Pancreatitis will only elevate these numbers slightly. If they had run this test April of 2008 when she first started having symptoms, she would have a higher chance of survival. If they had known what the results MEANT, she would have had a jump on chemo and radiation to improve her survival odds. She finally went to UAB. They looked at a CT scan that was run before her gallbladder was ever taken out. His exact words..."I've seen all I need to, you have pancreatic cancer" This test cost less than $125 dollars. Insurance doesn't like to pay for it because it is "speculative". Pay for it yourself if you have symptoms such as loose floating stools, back pain, yellowing of the skin, abdominal pain, excessive flatulance and extreme fatigue. It may give you a fighting chance. My mom just started chemo. It will be followed by radiation. She is Stage 3 because her main artery is already choked with cancer. Even with chemo and radiation, they have told her she will only live 6-12 months. There is a 20% chance it will shrink enough to attempt resection. But, she is weak and in pain. She just wants it all to stop. She is too weak to fight now.
I have one more observation. Isn't a X-ray to look for pneumonia "speculative"? Isn't any diagnostic test "speculative"?

I was also diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in August of 08. They rushed me into surgery to do the whipple procedure and remove the golf ball size tumor in the head of my pancreas. They could not. They closed me up and left the tumor.
I decided upon the recommendation of a friend who is an RN Nurse in Calif. and after researching on the net, to go to the Oasis of Hope Hospital in Mexico. I arrived there in Nov. of 08 for 18 days of treatment which was all natural. I had 63 I's in that time. With each one I felt better. I also took 48 pills a day and they only prepared Organic Food. It was great. At the end of the 18 days, I went home for 6 weeks and continued my treatment of pills at home. I also took a B-17 shot 3 times a week. (not available in the United States) Then I went back for 6 more days of treatment and test. At that time they did a CT scan and Blood workup on me. The CT scan showed no tumor.
After being home in So. Florida for 3 months I went to my oncologist for more tests. They did blood workup; they ran an MRI, CT scan and PET scan. They have 3 different radiologists read the test. None found a tumor. They want me back in 6 months for more blood work.
The whole story is much longer than this but I feel like I need to share what happened to me. I'm a 66 year old male. If anyone would like to speak to me in person, please write me.

Hi, this is in response to FandJ (Oasis of Hope Hospital). Unfortunately, my fiancee's grandfather was diagnosed with pancreatic/liver cancer Stage IV. He was well and healthy up until now when suddendly he was diagnosed with this horrible disease, that was not caught on time. They have basically told him and the family there is not much they can do and surgery is not recommended, he will be receiving chemotherapy and is attending a nutritionist but there is not much time left for him according to the doctors. Upon reading your response, I found it very interesting that you were able to get cured outside of the US, I am very happy that you were able to survive such a disease. Please let us know if there is hope for my fiancee's grandfather, we are all very devastated and are in hope of a natural cure or treatment that will atleast help him live happily for many more years. He is about 70 years old and was always a very strong and healthy man. We would be interested in finding out more about the Oasis of Hope Hospital in Mexico.

Thank you!
Vanessa J.